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The Chore List Game, with Kids

The Chore List Game, with Kids

I have utilized almost every form of chore list or motivational cleaning list ever created. My computer is full of e-Books and pdfs and downloads galore. I finally developed a method that worked for me, and then modified it into a “version 2” because I get bored easily and we get super busy so there needed to be a way to do the same thing in a different order.  It’s been mentioned it before, but…

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The Long Lost Potato Bread Recipe

The Long Lost Potato Bread Recipe

Once upon a time, my mother had a friend with an amazing bread recipe. She shared this recipe with me and I wowed my family and friends with loaves upon loaves of fresh bread. My blog, at the time, was all about homeschooling, so I posted the recipe as a guest post over on a friend’s blog. Year after year, I went back to her site to get my recipe. I had printed it out once, but it was easier to…

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echo

desperate

the words push at her fingertips

begging her to let them out

to stretch them out on paper

in bloody ink across the pages

  from the depths beyond her heart

the echo’s rhythmic chorus

chafes like sandpaper

letter by letter

until the words are no more

  an new uprising

words crawl out

to the line where her lips

become dry

mutely screaming

begging

to be spoken into existence

  the parched…

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1. It doesn't smell like swamp anymore. 2. You can see the bottom, sort of. 3. My in laws gifted us a huge patio umbrella since I can't be in the sun.

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Time to negotiate with myself again. This is not a working workspace. Time to clean it up, and fold the newest load of laundry on my bed. Then I can have chocolate, and more @gilmoregirls0fficial

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As soon as she could peel the stickers off her fruit...this has happened. @cookie_woman_official_art

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All done. #spinningyarn

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Struggled spinning the cotton. So I took it off the wheel and am going to try my alpaca.

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Can you guess what I'm making today? #sewverypeculiar

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Show #2 tonight! One Princess/jellyfish/fishyfish hair complete!

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Done...and in the wash. #babyquilt #sewverypeculiar

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Progress....#swirls #freemotionquilting #sewverypeculiar #babyblanket #quiltsforkids #itsagift https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu6s9m6hdgD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z61zyg89mesb

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Ready to ship, it's just waiting for me to finish the second quilt that was ordered. Hoping to get that one quilted today! #babyquilt #sewverypeculiar

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Yesterday's test run went well. Looks like replacing the bobbin case fixed our issue. Now we try doing the final tutu so I can finish the bag for Abby's tap shoes. #sewverypeculiar #momstuff #dancemom #embroidery #SingerFutura #stuffimake

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Abby made me healthy "candy". #lovethatkid

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Top is done. I think I'll piece the last top before I switch over to machine quilting. That will give me time to decide how I want to quilt it....#toomanychoices #sewverypeculiar

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C'mon Bourbon....Play with me!!! Bedtime shenanigans. #labsofinstagram #minischnauzer